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• Waterproof Pocket Board Shorts Are the Best Thing I have Seen Today

  In Clothing, Outdoors

  

  Once upon a time, I actually went to the beach quite a lot. When I did, the inevitable valuables-related debate arose. What to do with the wallet, where to put the keys… that kind of thing – capsules and surf don’t mix. The Stash shorts use a Camelbak-like reservoir pocket to keep things safe and dry – an awesome idea if ever there was one. The project is currently up for funding on Kickstarter, where [...]

   

• Wenger Portable Solar Charger Ensures Your Camping Trip Won’t Be Boring

  In Gadgets, Geeky, Misc., Outdoors

  

  There’s only one thing I can think of worse than camping, and that is camping with no cell phone.  If your smartphone is anything like my iPhone, using it for 15.5 seconds brings you from 100% to the red zone, which yields a great deal of anxiety.  Heaven forbid you can’t play Ruggle or check out Kim Kardashian’s baby bump on Instagram!  Now there’s the new Wenger Portable Solar Charger – a device you can [...]

   

• Homelite 5-Ton Electric Log Splitter Lets You Split Logs Without Breaking a Sweat

  In Outdoors

  

  Using an ax to split logs to burn on a fire is about as manly as chores come, and while it has a certain romantic and even zen-like charm at first – the novelty soon wears off. That is when the Homelite 5-Ton Electric Log Splitter would come in handy. It uses a 15-amp electric motor to tear through logs of up to 20 inches in length and 10 inches in girth in a cycle [...]

   

• Crovel Tactical Shovel is Ready For War, Zombies, Etc

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  The original Crovel combined a shovel, a crowbar and an axe – the original Crovel was for pussies. If you bought one, you might as well throw it in the garbage, that’s how much better the Crovel Tactical is. On top of the shovel, crowbar, axe arrangement of which its ancestor boasted, the Tactical throws in a saw tooth edge, a threaded hollow steel handle that lets you screw on your choice of a slingshot [...]

   

• Carbon Fiber Capsule is Massively Overpriced… But Kinda Awesome [Lifecap]

  In Gadgets, Outdoors

  

  The carbon fiber Lifecap is quite possibly the most ridiculous thing that I have seen all day, maybe all week, yet somehow I am drawn to it like a moth to a flame. It is an over-engineered tube designed for keeping things dry, I shouldn’t want it, yet somehow I do. I blame the carbon fiber, personally. Specifications 100% Carbon fiber body (2/2 twill) Waterproof to depths exceeding 30 feet Double o-ring seal for superior [...]

   

• SPOT Connect Connects Your Smartphone to Satellites

  In Gadgets, Outdoors, Phones

  

  If you’re the adventurous type then you might have weighed up the pros and cons of getting a satellite phone. Pro: they let you call from help from the remotest of locations; Con: they are ridiculously expensive, and with the cost of satellite communications, you are not going to use it all that often. The SPOT Connect is a good compromise. It doesn’t give you voice connection, but it does let you text, tweet and [...]

   

• Expensive Tent is Expensive [Sierra Designs Mojo UFO]

  In Outdoors

  

  You have to hand it to Sierra Designs, the global economy is tanking and they put out a tiny tent that costs $1,800. The Sierra Designs Mojo UFO weighs in at 1 lb. 11 oz thanks to extensive use of ultralight materials: the poles are carbon fiber and the fabric is something called cuben fiber. It isn’t the lightest tent ever, but it is reasonably close and the integrated rain fly and poles ought to [...]

   

• Turbocharged Grill Saves Time and Fuel [VitalGrill]

  In Outdoors

  

  The VitalGrill is the most interesting portable grill we have seen in a long, long time. It uses a battery-powered fan to speed up the cooking process. If all goes according to plan then you should be able to boil a liter of water within three minutes and fifteen seconds. It is designed to be portable, it weighs in at a mere 8 pounds and stretches 13 inches in diameter – not big enough for [...]

   

• Goal Zero Yeti Solar Generator

  In Outdoors

  

  If you are looking for an easy way to keep your gadgets powered up during a blackout and don’t mind throwing down a fairly sizable sum of cash then you might want to check out the Goal Zero Yeti solar generator. It uses two 30-watt solar panels to charge a 1250-watt-hour battery – doing so takes about 24-48 hours. That should be enough juice to keep your critical devices running during a power outage – [...]

   

• SOG F01T Tactical Tomahawk Looks the Right Combination of Dangerous and Fun

  In Outdoors

  

  The SOG F01T Tactical Tomahawk is based on the tomahawk axe that was used by US troops in Vietnam. It comes with a steel head with a scratch-resistant, black oxide coating, a 2.75-inch cutting blade, a checkered side hammer and a ballistic polymer handle. Why do you need a tomahawk? Let’s face it, you probably don’t, but if you like camping it would be useful for cutting up kindling and banging in tent pegs. Price: [...]

   

• You Can Start a Fire With Pee [Video]

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  This trick could come in handy if you ever find yourself lost and in need of a fire, as long as you have some cling wrap in your pocket. As the video shows, you might end up with a little bit of pee on your fingers, but that is better than being cold and/or dying. On a side note, judging from the urine color in the bottle our intrepid video maker could probably stand to [...]

   

• The Last Zombie Survival Kit You Will Ever Need [Z.E.R.O.]

  In Outdoors, Security

  

  Tired of all of the anti-zombie nonsense these days? If you aren’t then you will be after reading through the collection of gear in the Zombie Extermination, Research and Operations (Z.E.R.O.) Kit from OpticsPlanet. They have included everything except the guns. Z.E.R.O. (Zombie Extermination, Research and Operations) Kit includes: Weapon Accessories GG&G Extreme Heavy Duty Swivel Bipod GGG-1245 Eotech Gear Scopecoat Cover for EoTech Zombie Stopper Red Dot Sight OPMOD PVS-14 Monocular Gen 3 PINNACLE [...]